Re: [OT] DMCA loop hole

Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:34:56 -0300 (BRST)


On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Paul G. Allen wrote:

> Under copyright law, under fair use, once I purchase something -
> ANYTHING - I can use it however I damn well please as long as it's for
> my own use, for educational purposes, and I do not make a profit or
> significantly cut into the copyright holders profit. Copyright law
> outweighs EULA's, so along came so-called "license agreements",
> harware to circumvent our fair use, and DMCA.

Actually, the DMCA _is_ the copyright law workaround ;)

cheers,

Rik

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